Dumping and distributing apparatus.



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DMPING AND DISTRIBUTIN'G APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED m10. 14, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DUMPING AND DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 12, 190'?.

Application filed December 14.1905. Serial No. 291.769.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR MOORE, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at llVar Eagle, in the county of Mingo and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dumping and Distributing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to dumping and distributing apparatus, and has for its object to provide means for dumping an entire load of coal, ore, or any similar material by turning the car completely over, thereby allowing the contained material to fall out, together with means for conveying the material dumped to points beyond the range of the dumping apparatus proper.`

Mining cars and appliances of the construction in common use are commonly emptied by o ening a gate at one end of the car and by ti ting the car, allowing the contents to slide out. The repeated sliding of the contents soon wears the bottom of the car to such an extent that repairs become necessary, entailing considerable expense.

When it is desired to use the dumping apparatus herein described to unload cars the contents of which are to be loaded into vessels which, owing to their height, cannot be moved directly under the revolving dump, the conveying devices hereinafter described provide eflicient means for completing a system of dumping and distributing apparatus which renders 1t possible to unload coal or other material directly from the cars into the holds of vessels, and not only into the holds of the vessels, but also to so distribute said material as to maintain said vessels upon an even keel at all times.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a rotatable dump mounted in operative relation to a conveyer hereinafter described. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of said dump and conveyer. Fig. 3 is a detail side elevation of a imanually-operated trough hereinafter described. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of said trough 5 and Fig. 5 is an end elevation, on an enlarged scale, of a discharge-spout operating and controlling mechanism, to be hereinafter specifically described.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawing.

In carrying out my invention a rotatable dump 148, such as is shown in my pending application Jfor automatic revolving car-l dump,filed April 18,1964, Serial No. 203,755, is used. This dump is arranged to discharge the contents of cars 149 into a hopper 150. This hopper is provided with a series of discharge-spouts 151, adapted to discharge the contents of the hopper into an endless con-y veyer, hereinafter described, through gates 151. The hopper and dump are mounted upon a trestle or framework 152, said dump resting in bearings 153.

Supported by the framework 152 is an endless conveyer, which is arranged to travel in one direction upon tracks 154 and in the return direction upon tracks 155. This conveyer comprises a U-shaped trough 156. Depending blades 157, carried by shafts 158, which are mounted upon rollers 159, serve to scrape the coal longitudinally through the trough 156.

Swinging doors 160, which normally close openings formed in the bottom of the conveyer-trough 156, may be opened or closed by cables 161, which pass over idlerrolls 162. These doors are hinged to the bottom of the trough, as at 163, and when open permit coal to fall through the bottom of the trough 156 into a spout 164. Spout 164 is carried by a/truck or car 165, which is mounted for longitudinal movement with relation to the frame 152 upon a track 166.-

The outer end of trough 164 is supported by a cable 167 and a yoke 168. The upper end of the cable passes over a drum 169, mounted upon a shaft 17 0, located and supported upon the top of frame 152. A gearwheel 171, mounted upon shaft 170, meshes with a pinion 172, mounted upon a shaft 17 3. A gear-wheel 174,'mounted upon shaft 173, meshes with a pinion 175, mounted upon a shaft 176, to which is secured a crank 177.

A drive-shaft 178, mounted in frame 179 of car 165, has motion imparted thereto by a motor 180. Secured to shaft 178 is a clutch 181, adapted to clutch a disk 182 to the shaft 178. A sleeve 183 is secured to the disk 182 and to a sprocket-wheel 184. Sprocketwheel 185, sprocket-chain 186, and sprocketwheel 187 are adapted to transmit motion IOO from shaft 178 to a shaft 188, which is journaled in frame 179 and a standard 189. Mounted loosely upon shaft 188 is a sprocketwheel 190, adapted to be clutched to said shaft by a clutch 191. A sprocket-chain 192, which passes over sprocket-wheel `190 and over a sprocket-wheel 193, serves to transof which is loosely mounted upon shaft 178,

'and sprocket-wheels 200 and 201, mounted upon a spindle 202, supported at 203 by the trough 164, are adapted to receive sprocketchains 205, to which are secured blades or Scrapers 206, the lower edge of which scrape along a bottom 207, formed in the trough 1164 to convey coal therethrough. An idlerroll 208, which is carried by a shaft 209, ournaled at 210 in the frame of the car, aids in directing the movement of the conveyersprocket chains.

is-as follows: Coal is dumped from the cars 149 into a hopper 150. `From this hopper itpasses through the gates 151 and falls into the trough 156. It is forced along this trough by the blades 157 until itreaches an opening in the bottom of the trough, when it falls through into the trough 164. The wheeled car 165 provides means for moving the trough longitudinally to bring it under any desired opening, while the arrangement of driving-shafts in the frame of said car pro- 'vides means for driving the conveyer carried in the trough and for moving said trough bodily transversely of the car. if it be desired to move said trough transversely of the car, clutch 191 is actuated to clutch sprocket wheel 190 to shaft 188. This causes `motion to be imparted to shaft 194. Pinions 195 then impart bodily movement to the trough in one direction, through their vengagement with racks 196. Vhen sprocket 184 -is clutched to shaft 178 by clutch 181, the movement of said shaft is transmitted through said sprocket to sprockets 200, 201, yand 199, and to sprocket-chain 205 and yblades 206.

A clutch 191 is adapted to clutch a sprocket 1912 to a short shaft 192, said vsprocket being connected by a driving-chain 'withfasprocket 193, secured upon the shaft '178. Reverse motion is imparted to shaft `194 by sprockets 194 and a crossed drivechain 195 when it is desired to impart a reverse bodily movement to the trough 164, `as "will be readily understood.

It will be readily understood that motion imparted to crank 177 will result in raising or lowering the outer end of trough 164 as desired, said crank and the gear-wheels actuated Jthereby being mounted upon a wheeled frame 10, movably mounted upon tracks 11.

fin Figs. 3 and 4 means for manually moving a troughor spout .are shown. In this form of the device the dump and endless conveyer are like that shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

A short spout 211 is mounted upon tracks 212, and carries brackets 212', in which is mounted a crank-shaft 213. A crank 214 provides means for manually rotating said shaft. A pinion 215, which is' also mounted upon shaft 213, meshes with a rack 216, which is carried by the lower track 212. It will thus be seen that means are provided for imparting movement to the spout by hand.

F rom the foregoing description it Will be seen that efficient means are herein provided for accomplishing the objects of the invention; but while the elements shown are well adapted to serve the purpose for which they are intended it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction set forth, but includes within its purview such changes as may be made within the scope of the appended claims. The operation of this form of the device j I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- Havmg thus described my invention, what ent, is-

1. ln a dumping and distributing apparatus the combination with a dump of a hopper arranged to receive the material dumped, an endless conveyer comprising a trough and blades traveling in said trough, doors or gates located in the bottom of the trough, and a movable spout adapted to be moved bodily beneath any of said doors.

2. In a dumping and distributing apparatus the combination of a hopper, dischargespouts leading from said hopper, an endless IOO conveyer located below the mouth of said discharge-spout, a trough adapted to receive material from said endless conveyer, an endless fiight located in said trough, and means for imparting movement to said endless flight and for imparting bodily movementto the trough transversely of the car.

3. In a distributing apparatus an endless conveyer comprising a trough, doors or gates arranged in the bottom of said trough, means for conveying ma terial through said trough, and a trough or spout adapted to be bodily moved beneath any of said doors.

4. In a distributing apparatus the combination with an endless conveyer comprising a U-shaped trough having doors or gates located in the bottom thereof, of a spout adapted to be moved bodily beneath any of said doors or gates, a car upon which said spout is mounted, and means for moving said spout bodily with relation to said car.

5. Ina distributing apparatus the combination with an endless conveyer comprising a trough having doors or gates located inthe bottom thereof, of a second trough adapted to be moved bodily beneath any of said doors or gates, an endless flight mounted in said second trough, a car upon which said second trough is mounted, and means carried by said car for imparting movement to the endless flight and for imparting bodily movement to said trough with relation to said car.

6. In a dumping anddistrilcuting apparatus, the combination of a hopper, dischargespouts leading from said hopper, an endless conveyer located beneath said dischargespouts, a trough adapted to receive material lfrom said endless conveyer, means for moving said trough longitudinally with respect to said conveyer and means formoving said trough transversely with respect to said conveyer.

7. In a dumping and distributing apparatus, the combination of a hopper, dischargespouts leading therefrom, an endless conveyer located beneath said discharge-spouts, a fulcrumed trough adapted to receive material lirom said endless conveyer, means for moving said trough longitudinally with respect to said conveyer, means for moving said trough transversely with respect to said conveyer and means for swinging said trough upon its fulcrum.

8. In a dumping and distributing apparatus, the combination of a hopper, disci'. argespouts leading therefrom, an endless conveyer located beneath said discharge-spouts, a trough adapted to receive material from said endless conveyer, a car or truck longitudinally movable with respect to said conveyer, and supporting said trough and means for moving said trough transversely with relation to said conveyer.

-9. In a dumping and distributing apparatus, the combination of a hopper, dischargespouts leadinV therefrom, an endless conveyer located eneath said discharge-spouts, a platform movable longitudinally with respect to said conveyer, a movable trough pivotally mounted upon said platform, means for moving said trough transversely with respect of said platform, and means for swinging said trough in either direction upon its pivot.

10. In a dumping and distributing apparatus, the combination with an endless conveyer of a car, a trough adapted to receive material from said conveyer and movably mounted on said car, means for imparting longitudinal movement to said trough., with respect to said conveyer and means for imparting transverse movement to said trough with respect to said conveyer.

11. In a dumping and distributing apparatus, the combination with an endless conveyer of a car movable longitudinally with respect to said conveyer, a trough adapted to receive material. from said conveyer and movably mounted upon said car transversely, with relation thereto and to said conveyer.

12. In a dumping and distributing apparatus, the combinationwith an endless conveyer of a car movable longitudinally with respect to said conveyer, a trough adapted to receive material from said conveyer pivotally mounted upon said car and movable as a whole transversely with relation thereto, means for raising and lowering said trough upon its pivot and means for imparting transverse movement to said trough with relation to said car and said conveyer.

13. In a dumping and distributing apparatus, the combination with an endless conveyer, of a pivoted trough adapted to receive material therefrom, means for moving said trough upon its pivot, means for moving said trough longitudinally with respect to said conveyer, and means for moving said trough transversely with respect to said conveyer, all of said means being capable of independent or simultaneous and cooperative action.

14. In a dumping and distributing apparatus, the combination with a conveyer comprising a trough, doors or gates located in the bottom of said trough and means for conveying material through said trough, of a second trough, adapted to be moved bodily beneath any of said doors or gates, an endless light mounted in said second trough, a car upon which said second trough is mounted, and means carried by said car for imparting movement to the endless flight and for imparting bodily movement to said trough, with relation to said car.

15. /In a distributing mechanism, an endless conveyer comprising a trough, doors or gates arranged in the bottom of said trough, means for conveying material through said trough, a suspended spout and means for moving said spout along the line of the longitudinal axis of said trough beneath a selected one of said doors or gates.

16. In a distributing mechanism, an endless conveyer comprising a trough, doors or gates arranged in the bottom of said trough, means for conveying material through said trough, a suspended spout and means for moving said spout along the line of its own axis beneath a selected gate and transversely with relation to said trough.

17. In a distributing mechanism, an endless conveyer comprising a trough, doors or gates arranged in the bottom of said trough, means for conveying material through said trough, a suspended spout, means for moving said spout along the line of the longitudinal axis of said trough beneath a selected one of said doors or gates and means for moving said spout along the line of its own longitudinal axis beneath a selected gate and 'transversely with relation to said trough, both of said last-named means being capable of simultaneous or independent operation.

18. In a dumping apparatus the combination with a trough having discharge-gates and a material-feeding mechanism in said trough of a car, a second trough mounted thereon, and capable of movement along the line of its axis, an endless feed-belt extend- IOO IIO

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`ing-'through said second trough, -a-motor on said car, Atransmission-gearing driven from said motor Sand means for engaging said gearing independently or --`simul'taneously With the driving connections of said feed-belt and aidhs'eoond trough as and forthe purpose set ort 19. vIn a dumping apparatus ythe combina- -tion With a conveyer designed to automaticengaging-said teeth, "a motor, atrans'r'nissionlgearing driven thereon, Aand independent means for driving said pinions -ineithergdireotion and means for'operativly engaging said transmission-gearing with either ione-fof said independent means.

v21. Ina dumpin -appar'atusfa-car, aspout pivotallysuspende therefrom, a suspensionrope, a Winding and unwinding means thereforand aWheeled frame supporting said lastnamed means. v

A22. Ina dumping'apparlatus, a car, a spout pivotally suspended therefrom, a suspension- Arope, a Winding and unWinding means thereyfor and 'a Wheeled frame supporting said lastnamed means and adapted to 'have movement in the same direction as said-car.

In testimony Whereof I afliX my signature yin presence of two Witnesses.

ARTHUR MOO-RE.

Witnesses:

E. C. WEBSTER, N. V. JAMES. 

